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LOOKS LIKE VICTORY FOR CINCY
STREET CAR STRIKERS
Cincinnati, O., May 19- Peace,
with victory for the strikers, is in
sight in Cincinnati's street car tie-up.
Forced into a defensive position by
Mayor Hunt's appeal for a receiver
for the company, the traction officials
for the first time today agreed to
meet President W. D. Mahon of the
street car men's international or
ganization and other labor repre
sentatives. J
They were in conference all morn
ing, and though no statement was
given out it was indicated that a set
tlement was likely before nig"ht.
Mahon's attitude showed he was sat
isfied with the treatment he received
from the company officials.
May Hunt announced that pending
negotiations for peace he would ask
for a postponement of the hearing of
the receivership suit, filed against the
company Saturday. If the negotia-
tions. fall through the receivership
demand will be pushed.
No attempt was made by the com
. pany to run cars with strikebreakers
today.
Judge Geohegan, before whom the
receivership suit was filed, had an
nounced that if the city's plea was
granted the receiver would be in
structed to pay the men enough to in
sure redemption of street carr serv-
- ice.
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THE STARTOFTHE MOVIES
" About eighty years ago, a contriv-
ance known as the "wheel of life"
- was considered a wonderful invention
and became very popular. It con-
sisted of a hollow cylinder turning
on a vertical axis and havings its sur
. lace pierced with a number of slots.
Round the interior was arranged a
number of pictures representing suc
cessive stages of such subjects as a
galloping horse, and when the cylin
der was rotated an observer looking
through one of the slots would see
. the horse apparently in motion. The
pictures i were first ,draJ)hanjjk,j
but photography was afterwards ap
plied to these products.
The picture shows of today are
merely a development of this inven
tion and were made possible by the
invention of the celluloid rou film in
1890.
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RIOTING IN PATERSON STRIKE
SITUATION COMPLICATED
Paterson, N. J., May 19. Rioting
broke out near the Price mills fol
lowing an order to the police to ar
rest anyone making a hostile demon
stration against employes returning
to work there.
Another riot broke out on Main,
street where a woman was so badly
injured that she was taken to the
hospital. This mob was led by three
women, who were jail arrested.
Following the indictment of Carta
Tresca for the fourth time on the
charge of inciting to riot, the strike
situation is complicated by some of
the smaller mills throwing open then
doors.
These plants have granted material
concessions to the strikers, but it is
not believed that the strike leaders
will permit any employes to accept
until all of the mills participate in an,
agreement. Word has been passed
that all strikers are to remain on;
picket duty.
If the mills were to reopen they
could not operate, as the dye housesr
are all tied up and will probably re
main so for a considerable time.
It is reported that 200 children of
strikers, unable longer to care for
them, will be taken to New York,
where they will be distributed among
families of strike sympathizers.
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A lady, eighty years of age, went
for the first time to a picture show.
As she was coming out a friend met
her in the vestibule. "Hope you en
joyed yourself, Mrs. Smith?" she ex
claimed. "Yes," replied the old dame,
"I did. But I'm getting tha deaf now
adays I co'uldn't hear a word, they
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